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Iniciativa ImdeaTue, 18 Dec 2018 10:20:03 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.6New grant from the European Research Councilhttps://materials.imdea.org/new-grant-from-the-european-research-council/
https://materials.imdea.org/new-grant-from-the-european-research-council/#respondFri, 14 Dec 2018 08:10:21 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/?p=7755Ruben Costa, head of the research group on Hybrid Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, has been awarded a Consolidator grant by the European Research Council. These grants allow ambitious top scientists to establish or strengthen their teams in Europe and be truly creative in their research. Ruben and his teams will work on advanced bio-hybrid lighting and photovoltaic devices. Rubén is the third ERC grantee at our Institute, together with Javier Llorca and Juanjo Vilatela.
]]>https://materials.imdea.org/new-grant-from-the-european-research-council/feed/0The bests in China, also the bests in Spainhttps://materials.imdea.org/the-bests-in-china-also-the-bests-in-spain/
https://materials.imdea.org/the-bests-in-china-also-the-bests-in-spain/#respondThu, 22 Nov 2018 15:34:18 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/?p=7708Dr. Xiaomin Zhao and Dr. Lingwei Yang have received the award to the best Doctoral Thesis at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) in the academic year 2016-2017. The Doctoral Thesis of Dr. Zhao was defended in the Chemical Engineering Program and was co-supervised by Dr. D.-Y. Wang and Prof. J. LLorca. The Doctoral thesis of Dr. Yang was defended in the Structures, Foundations and Materials Program and was co-supervised by Dr. J. Molina-Aldareguía and Prof. J. LLorca. Their research work with us was supported by a fellowship from the China Scholarship Council.
]]>https://materials.imdea.org/the-bests-in-china-also-the-bests-in-spain/feed/0Juan José Vilatela awarded best researcher under 40 by the Madrid regional governmenthttps://materials.imdea.org/juan-jose-vilatela-awarded-best-researcher-under-40-by-madrid-regional-government/
https://materials.imdea.org/juan-jose-vilatela-awarded-best-researcher-under-40-by-madrid-regional-government/#respondMon, 05 Nov 2018 16:02:07 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/?p=7667Juan José Vilatela, head of the Multifunctional Nanocomposites group at IMDEA Materials, has been awarded best researcher under 40 by the Madrid regional government. The award giving ceremony will take place next november 14th in Madrid (Spain).
]]>https://materials.imdea.org/juan-jose-vilatela-awarded-best-researcher-under-40-by-madrid-regional-government/feed/0We are working in a paradigm swift related to lightning technologieshttps://materials.imdea.org/we-are-working-in-a-paradigm-swift-related-to-lightning-technologies/
https://materials.imdea.org/we-are-working-in-a-paradigm-swift-related-to-lightning-technologies/#respondThu, 25 Oct 2018 06:41:31 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/?p=7603Rubén Costa is working in a paradigm swift related to lightning technologies, based in biological LEDs. Read more about his research line on solar windows in this article published by “El Mundo” journal (in Spanish only).
]]>https://materials.imdea.org/we-are-working-in-a-paradigm-swift-related-to-lightning-technologies/feed/0A material similar to sand that emits high quality white light for a new generation of LEDs hybridhttps://materials.imdea.org/a-material-similar-to-sand-that-emits-high-quality-white-light-for-a-new-generation-of-leds-hybrid/
https://materials.imdea.org/a-material-similar-to-sand-that-emits-high-quality-white-light-for-a-new-generation-of-leds-hybrid/#respondThu, 11 Oct 2018 14:09:15 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/?p=7536The high content of blue light presented by current LEDs can be harmful to the human retina, especially for children, and has a negative impact on our brain´s chemistry. Rubén Costa, researcher at the IMDEA Materials Institute of Madrid; Elena Lalinde and Jesús Berenguer, from the University of La Rioja, and Javier García, from the University of Alicante, have succeeded at producing a material similar to sand (silica nanoparticles) that emits high quality white light for a new generation of LEDs hybrids. Read more at LED professional.
]]>https://materials.imdea.org/a-material-similar-to-sand-that-emits-high-quality-white-light-for-a-new-generation-of-leds-hybrid/feed/0Sino-Spanish Joint Research Center of Advanced Materialshttps://materials.imdea.org/sino-spanish-joint-research-center-of-advanced-materials/
https://materials.imdea.org/sino-spanish-joint-research-center-of-advanced-materials/#respondTue, 02 Oct 2018 05:57:07 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/?p=7474On 15th September 2018, nine units from China and Spain (Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beihang University, The Going Global Confederation of China Petroleum & Chemical Industry from China, the Technical University of Madrid, IMDEA Materials Institute, the Department of Innovation, Investigation & University of the Government of Aragon; and the Spanish companies SANZ Clima and Repsol) reached an agreement on the joint establishment of the “Sino-Spanish Joint Research Center of Advanced Materials” on the principles of complementary advantage, equality and mutual benefit and long-term cooperation to respond to the “The Belt and Road” Initiative, promote the development of scientific research and higher education career, effectively give play to the leading and driving role of international scientific and technological cooperation and further enhance the space for international cooperation.

]]>https://materials.imdea.org/sino-spanish-joint-research-center-of-advanced-materials/feed/0Ruben costa, the sole spanish researcher selected to participate in the World Economic Forum meeting in Tianjinhttps://materials.imdea.org/ruben-costa-the-sole-spanish-researcher-selected-to-participate-in-the-world-economic-forum-meeting-in-tianjin/
https://materials.imdea.org/ruben-costa-the-sole-spanish-researcher-selected-to-participate-in-the-world-economic-forum-meeting-in-tianjin/#respondTue, 18 Sep 2018 14:45:51 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/?p=7413Rubén Costa, senior researcher at IMDEA Materials, has been recognized as one of the best scientists in the world under the age of 40 by the Word Economic Forum. He will play an important role at the Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, which is taking place in Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, on 18-20 September. Together with other Thirty-five brilliant researchers, he will participate in sessions and workshops alongside leaders from government, business, civil society and other stakeholder groups and contribute ideas for solving complex challenges within and outside their core areas of interest.

Rubén Costa is developing the next-generation of bio-LEDs, aiming to eliminate the need for toxic, polluting and finite rare-earth metals in the world’s artificial lighting.

]]>https://materials.imdea.org/ruben-costa-the-sole-spanish-researcher-selected-to-participate-in-the-world-economic-forum-meeting-in-tianjin/feed/0Passion to face new challenges and cross new borders is a clear sign of virtue and vocation in sciencehttps://materials.imdea.org/la-pasion-por-abordar-nuevos-retos-y-cruzar-nuevas-fronteras-es-el-signo-claro-de-la-vocacion-investigadora/
https://materials.imdea.org/la-pasion-por-abordar-nuevos-retos-y-cruzar-nuevas-fronteras-es-el-signo-claro-de-la-vocacion-investigadora/#respondThu, 13 Sep 2018 07:04:52 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/la-pasion-por-abordar-nuevos-retos-y-cruzar-nuevas-fronteras-es-el-signo-claro-de-la-vocacion-investigadora/Our Scientific Director and head of the Mechanics of Materials research group, Prof Javier Llorca, explains his vision of the researcher’s career in this interview (in Spanish only)
]]>https://materials.imdea.org/la-pasion-por-abordar-nuevos-retos-y-cruzar-nuevas-fronteras-es-el-signo-claro-de-la-vocacion-investigadora/feed/0We will develop the first solar window made of organic materials thanks to the BBVA Foundationhttps://materials.imdea.org/fabricaremos-la-primera-ventana-solar-creada-con-materiales-organicos-gracias-al-apoyo-de-la-fundacion-bbva/
https://materials.imdea.org/fabricaremos-la-primera-ventana-solar-creada-con-materiales-organicos-gracias-al-apoyo-de-la-fundacion-bbva/#respondThu, 19 Jul 2018 07:30:25 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/?p=7217Rubén Costa and his team (below) will develop the first solar window made of organic materials thanks to a grant awarded by the BBVA Foundation. You can read here a related article published by “El Confidencial” journal (Spanish)

]]>https://materials.imdea.org/fabricaremos-la-primera-ventana-solar-creada-con-materiales-organicos-gracias-al-apoyo-de-la-fundacion-bbva/feed/0Last June, IMDEA Materials hosted the First International Workshop on Multi-functional Nanocarbon Fibres https://materials.imdea.org/last-june-imdea-materials-hosted-the-first-international-workshop-on-multi-functional-nanocarbon-fibres/
https://materials.imdea.org/last-june-imdea-materials-hosted-the-first-international-workshop-on-multi-functional-nanocarbon-fibres/#respondSun, 15 Jul 2018 14:33:22 +0000https://materials.imdea.org/?p=7452Last June, IMDEA Materials hosted the First International Workshop on Multi-functional Nanocarbon Fibres. The meeting gathered leading international researchers working on nanocarbons developing the next generation of functional carbon fibres and fabrics based on nanobuilding blocks. There were stellar speakers from industry (various CNT yarn suppliers, Hexcel, Airbus) academia (Imperial, Cambridge, Rice U.) and research laboratories (AFRL, SYNANO, IMDEA, etc.). During the three day-workshop, over 60 delegates listened fascinating talks about the scientific/technological challenges and opportunities for the use of functional carbon fibres in energy storage, composites, sensors and other applications.

A virtual special issue in the journal Carbon (IF=7.082) will be dedivcated to this topic containing selected high profile contributions presented at this Workshop. This issue will include perspective articles by leading researchers outlining the roadmap for development of nanocarbon-based fibres for the coming years.

The scientific programme was complemented with a tour of Madrid, a gala dinner and an informal visit to the Prado Museum. Following a wave of requests from many delegates, it was decided to keep the International Workshop as a regular itinerant scientific event, preserving its general format of having a single session and invited speakers only. The next workshop will take place in Texas in 2019. More details to follow. the First International Workshop on Multi-functional Nanocarbon Fibres was kindly supported by the US AFOSR, Tortech Nanofibres and Elsevier.